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Page 234
... authority , she would never have rushed in suicidal madness to the sword , but would have waited for peaceful , legal measures , for argu- ments and votes , to secure in time what she claimed as her rights . 2. " But this she would not ...
... authority , she would never have rushed in suicidal madness to the sword , but would have waited for peaceful , legal measures , for argu- ments and votes , to secure in time what she claimed as her rights . 2. " But this she would not ...
Page 235
... authority , and to violate its laws with per- fect impunity . They treat it as a mere sham or bugbear . The present will of each subject or citizen is to be his only rule , and allowed to nulli- fy all laws and all constitutions that he ...
... authority , and to violate its laws with per- fect impunity . They treat it as a mere sham or bugbear . The present will of each subject or citizen is to be his only rule , and allowed to nulli- fy all laws and all constitutions that he ...
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... authority , to violate its laws , and seek its overthrow , all with entire impunity ! Such is the democracy proclaimed to the world by our rebels . Thus understood , how long before it would be deservedly driven in scorn or terror from ...
... authority , to violate its laws , and seek its overthrow , all with entire impunity ! Such is the democracy proclaimed to the world by our rebels . Thus understood , how long before it would be deservedly driven in scorn or terror from ...
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... authority , and the enforcement of its laws ? Does not this principle pervade or underlie all its operations ? Is not the central idea of peace - its for- giveness of injuries , its return of only good for evil - clearly incompati- ble ...
... authority , and the enforcement of its laws ? Does not this principle pervade or underlie all its operations ? Is not the central idea of peace - its for- giveness of injuries , its return of only good for evil - clearly incompati- ble ...
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... suppress the present rebellion ? Very true ; but how else , in such a case , can laws be enforced , and the government saved from ruin ? Our • rebels spurn its authority , trample its laws under 1863. ] 241 The enforcement of Law not War .
... suppress the present rebellion ? Very true ; but how else , in such a case , can laws be enforced , and the government saved from ruin ? Our • rebels spurn its authority , trample its laws under 1863. ] 241 The enforcement of Law not War .
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Page 212 - Physically speaking, we cannot separate. We cannot remove our respective sections from each other, nor build an impassable wall between them. A husband and wife may be divorced, and go out of the presence and beyond the reach of each other ; but the different parts of our country cannot do this.
Page 212 - They cannot but remain face to face; and intercourse, either amicable or hostile, must continue between them. Is it possible, then, to make that intercourse more advantageous or more satisfactory after separation than before?
Page 36 - So long as the sun shall warm the earth, let no Christian be so bold as to come to Japan ; and let all know, that the King of Spain himself, or the Christians' God, or the great God of all, if he violate this command, shall pay for it with his head.
Page 215 - Can aliens make treaties easier than friends can make laws? Can treaties be more faithfully enforced between aliens than laws can among friends? Suppose you go to war, you cannot fight always; and when, after much loss on both sides, and no gain on either, you cease fighting, the identical old questions as to terms of intercourse are again upon you.
Page 304 - But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them.
Page 292 - Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme; or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.